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Douglas LeeJan 2, 2013 9:43 AM

Good Morning, Broncos fans! The coaching and GM carousel is awhirl, with news and rumors flying every which way.

And as tends to happen in these situations - much like the start of free agency each year - information is rushed, out of a desire to be the first to break a story, prompting rival reporters to question journalistic standards and the quality of others' sources. What we get are catfights between folks like Mike Florio and Jason La Canfora, who cannot agree on when Andy Reid will take his interview with the Cardinals.

La Canfora reported that Reid would meet with Arizona today, while NFLN's Ian Rapoport said the interview would occur tomorrow. That's when Florio jumped in, backing Rapoport's report while also accusing La Canfora of operating as a mouthpiece for Bob LaMonte, the agent for Reid.

The theory here is LaMonte wants to drum up other offers for Reid's services, thus putting pressure on the Cardinals to pay up to get their man. In return for having La Canfora do his bidding for CBS, LaMonte promises the reporter future scoops.

Of course, Florio, who is lifting the curtain on how NFL news gets broken, has been accused of doing the very same thing more than once. La Canfora even responded by reminding everyone that Florio is tight with Drew Rosenhaus, which effectively cut their Twitter spat short.

The upshot is that the Cardinals will interview their own DC Ray Horton for a second time today, meet with Reid tomorrow, and if they haven't by then agreed with Reid, head to Denver to interview Mike McCoy. Reid's pitch to Arizona will apparently be that he "can fix Kevin Kolb," the backup QB he himself had dealt to the Cardinals a year and a half ago.

Now, if McCoy loses out to Reid on a potential Cardinals interview, he may get the chance to replace him in Philly, as the Eagles, along with Arizona, Chicago, and Buffalo, are expected to come meet with Denver's OC.

As for all the catfighting over sources and rumors and agents, what it all comes down to is that we all lose when false news is reported, and we're glad that Florio is shining a light on the shadiness of agents using the media for the benefit of their clients. A perfect example of where this can all go wrong hits rather close to home:

Now, the main story. Despite all the screaming and hollering on radio shows about the Broncos and Manning, he's not coming here under any circumstances, especially since Condon is involved with Manning and Sexton with Tebow. Let's face it. The Broncos wouldn't be a Super Bowl team next season with Manning or Tebow with that schedule they face.

Coaching/GM Carousel

The Bears will also interview Packers OC Tom Clement about their head job, but it appears questionable whether GM Phil Emery will actually fix the team's offensive line problems. While Emery acknowledged in a lengthy presser that he consults PFF's grades, he managed to cherry-pick some figures to try and say his team's tackles don't suck. Meanwhile, PFF grades J'Marcus Webb, Jonathan Scott, and Gabe Carimi as 47th, 63rd, and 74th out of 80 NFL tackles...

In another nod to the increasing reliance upon statistical analysis, Bills president Russ Brandon says the team will establish an analytics department.

Word in Ohio is that the Browns are after Nick Saban, but Mike Freeman says the Alabama coach has rebuffed all NFL advances, to this point.

San Diego will meet with several candidates about their GM opening, but not Denver's Matt Russell. According to La Canfora, the Chargers are interested in PSU coach Bill O'Brien.

Tom Heckert, formerly of the Eagles and Browns, will reportedly meet with the LOLJets about their GM vacancy. There's been talk Heckert will reconvene with Reid in Arizona.

Although he hasn't fired him yet, Clark Hunt has stripped Scott Pioli of much of his power, and will conduct the search for a new Chiefs coach without Pioli's input. Adam Teicher says Pioli has brought little to the table in KC, while Jason Whitlock thinks Hunt needs to cut his losses and get rid of Pioli if he's going to hire the best available candidate.

Broncos

Jacob Hester was with the last team to end the regular season on an 11-game winning streak, but he says the difference here is that the Broncos didn't have the luxury of coasting into the playoffs.

Starting at the top with Pat Bowlen and John Elway, the Broncos organization is stacked with people who are familiar with winning Super Bowls.

Keith Brooking may not have the speed to get to every play anymore, but he is the only inside linebacker to not miss a tackle this season, according to PFF, and he even had decent numbers in pass coverage.

Jeff Legwold expects Denver's next opponent to test the edges of the Broncos run defense, and he reminds a reader that although the Patriots would likely be unable to run their offense at SAF@MH as quickly as they do at Foxboro, they can still be insanely efficient at a slower pace.

Scott Kacsmar recaps the comeback attempts of Week 17 and recaps how each team fared in the fourth quarter.

South Carolina DE Jadeveon Clowney is a dominant superstar with nothing left to prove at the college level, but because of the NFL and NCAA's antiquated and $elf-$erving rules, he cannot enter the draft until 2014.

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Legwold's article on team attacking the edges misses one thing. Going through the games, some teams have tried it with good results the 1st time or two. Then JDR makes his adjustment and the hole isn't there anymore. Teams stopped attacking the edges with the run because it wasn't working.

Posted by Doc Bear on 2013-01-02 20:43:18

Ralph_W I hear that he's going to turn 34 next year, Ralph. It would be a U turn, but he's playing like he's 25

Posted by Doc Bear on 2013-01-02 20:40:41

D Mac is kind of an odd looking guy. To his credit, he has lost a lot of weight, which he likes to remind everyone about while hawking the Slim Genics program.

Posted by RSH, Esq. on 2013-01-02 14:29:37

Oh boy. Hopefully Miller stays out of trouble. Been kinda worried about what seems like a growing ego of his, lately.

Ya ever see DMac? Man, if that isn't a face for radio, I don't know what is...lol.

Posted by John Tomasik on 2013-01-02 13:22:01

Any other media outlets or personalities making anything out of Von Miller's and DJ Williams' Las Vegas trip? Darren McKee of KKFN-FM, 104.3 The Fan in Denver aka DMac sure was fired up about the trip last night on Twitter.

Posted by RSH, Esq. on 2013-01-02 12:42:21

K-Dub is ageless. I love it. He was on fire the night he crashed last year.

Posted by RyanHennigan on 2013-01-02 12:41:22

It'd be funny if Barcia tried a muscle move on someone like Reed. I think #14's gonna be in the mix this year again. Amazing.

Posted by John Tomasik on 2013-01-02 12:39:42

I thought Bam bam was moving up. Personally, I hope he gets punted by the big boys a few times and learns that his style of riding doesn't phase them and won't fly anymore.

Posted by RyanHennigan on 2013-01-02 12:33:47

Best example I've ever seen that Woody Paige is a kook

Posted by Joshua Graham on 2013-01-02 12:09:00

Who's new to the big bores from last year's Lites? I'm curious whether Poto can stay healthy. He hasn't been able to do that for several seasons now. I thought he was gonna be bulletproof like the GOAT, but it doesn't seem to be looking like he ever will be.

Legwold misses the fact that the Patriots could still come in with hand signals or sideline place cards to call plays.

Posted by RyanHennigan on 2013-01-02 11:14:20

Is that "Eagles gig is the best" looking only at the organization, or is the fanbase and local media factored in?

Posted by A R on 2013-01-02 11:12:01

News article on yahoo said this about the fiscal cliff "Washington was able to avoid tax hikes as well as spending cuts to fend off the fiscal cliff"

Someone please explain how this is possible? Magic?

Posted by RyanHennigan on 2013-01-02 11:08:09

That's a Clowney question, bro...

Posted by Lorenzo Gonzales on 2013-01-02 10:47:43

Imagine if Clowney (awesome name btw) would suffer a similar knee injury like his buddy Lattimore. That would surely fire up the debate over the rules, too bad something horrific has to happen for decion makers to react.

Posted by Broncoswede on 2013-01-02 10:31:31

Re Brooking's tackeling this year: Wow!

Posted by Ralph_W on 2013-01-02 10:29:11

Lots of dead-weight recycling going on in the NFL. Kinda reminds me of the Dems and Repubs in Washington, DC.

Heard a stat along the lines of the Hester/Klis article on NFL this morning. If you change the win streak to at least 7, the future of that team looks brighter. Something like 25 of 33 teams entering the playoffs with win streaks of 7 or better win their first playoff game. I forget the rest of the numbers. But, it's fun to spin the data and make believe you're on to something.